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    ARMENIAN OPPOSITION ACTIVIST OVANNISYAN REFUSES MEETING WITH PRESIDENT

    Interfax, Russia
    March 11, 2013 Monday 3:13 PM MSK

    Raffi Ovannisyan, the leader of the Armenian opposition party Heritage,
    who has recently lost the presidential elections, has refused to meet
    with incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan.

    "The head of the Armenian presidential administration called Raffi
    Ovannisyan yesterday to officially invite him to the meeting. We regret
    to say that Raffi Ovannisyan has refused a meeting and a detailed
    and comprehensive discussion of all issues," Armenian presidential
    press secretary Armen Arzumanyan told Armenian agency Panorama.

    "The only thing left is to hope that Mr. Ovannisyan evaluated the
    situation correctly and is fully aware of the threat of de facto
    refusal to have a dialogue," Arzumanyan said.

    Sargsyan won the presidential elections in Armenia on February 18.

    According to the Armenian Central Elections Commission, 58.64% of
    the voters voted for Sargsyan and 36.74% voted for Ovannisyan.

    On March 10, Ovannisyan went on a hunger strike protesting the official
    voting outcome. Before that, he had conducted protest rallies in
    central Yerevan.

    On Monday, the Armenian Constitutional Court began the trial of the
    lawsuit filed by Ovannisyan seeking the invalidation of the voting
    outcome in the presidential elections.

    At an opposition rally on February 26, Ovannisyan said he would like
    to meet with Sargsyan again "to look for ways out of this situation."

    "I am ready to hear his proposals," Ovannisyan said.

    The first meeting between Ovannisyan and Sargsyan took place in the
    presidential residence on February 21. At the subsequent protest
    rally, Ovannisyan said the meeting participants had failed to reach
    agreements on any of the issues raised in the meeting.

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    From: A. Papazian
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